The Frankfurt school in exile / Thomas Wheatland.
Wheatland, Thomas.
2009
HM467 .W54 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The Frankfurt school in exile / Thomas Wheatland.
Author Wheatland, Thomas.
ISBN 9780816653676 (hc ; alk. paper)
0816653674 (hc ; alk. paper)
9780816653683 (pb ; alk. paper)
0816653682 (pb ; alk. paper)
Publication Details Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Language English
Description xxi, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number HM467 .W54 2009
Summary Thomas Wheatland examines the influence of the Frankfurt School, or Horkheimer Circle, and how they influenced American social thought and postwar German sociology. He argues that, contrary to accepted belief, the members of the group, who fled oppression in Nazi Germany in 1934, had a major influence on postwar intellectual life.
Note Thomas Wheatland examines the influence of the Frankfurt School, or Horkheimer Circle, and how they influenced American social thought and postwar German sociology. He argues that, contrary to accepted belief, the members of the group, who fled oppression in Nazi Germany in 1934, had a major influence on postwar intellectual life.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-403) and index.
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New York transit : an invitation to Columbia University
Failure and the mythologies of exile : the Frankfurt school's years at Columbia University
John Dewey's pit bull : Sidney Hook and the confrontation between pragmatism and critical theory
Crosstown traffic : the New York intellectuals encounter critical theory
The Atlantic divide : building bridges between Anglo-American empiricism and continental social theory
Assimilation and acceptance : studies in prejudice
Specters of Marx : the Frankfurt school in the era of the new left
Marcuse's mentors : the American counterculture and the guru of the new left
Conclusion: The Frankfurt school's American legacy.

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